Tag: atmospheric river

Watch: Huge carp wrestled from flooded California street

Video footage has surfaced showing two men wrestle a giant carp from a flooded street in Watsonville, Ca.

During extensive flooding, streets can resemble rivers complete with fish that have been swept over the banks of actual rivers and lakes.

The accompanying footage, featured Tuesday by KSBW Action News 8, shows two men wrestling what looks like a huge carp from a flooded street in Watsonville, Ca.

Laughter abounds as one man uses his body and arms to trap the carp against a curb before the other man plucks the fish from the water.

“We received more videos of people fishing in the flood waters around Watsonville,” the network tweeted. “This catch took a little more dedication than the first one.”

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That was a reference to the March 11 capture of a large carp on College Road in Watsonville. The fish apparently became dinner.

Watsonville is in Central California, a region battered by atmospheric rivers, which have prompted flood warnings and caused levee failures.

–Image courtesy of KSBW Action News 8

In California ski town, fast-food restaurant resembles snow cave

A striking image captured in Mammoth Lakes shows a Carl’s Jr. restaurant remaining open despite resembling a snow cave.

The recent series of winter storms, delivered via atmospheric rivers, inundated California mountain towns with historic or near-historic snowfall totals.

And as the digging out continues, businesses are doing their best to cope with the inconvenience, and the accompanying image is perhaps the perfect illustration.

The image, showing the drive-through window at the Carl’s Jr. in the Eastern Sierra town of Mammoth Lakes, was captured Wednesday evening by the Mammoth Times.

The illuminated menu and a plowed and steeply-walled avenue for vehicle access are all that’s visible.

It’s worth noting that Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, farther up the road, has received 381 inches of snow so far this season. That’s 31.75 feet!

In town, towering snow walls line roads that have been plowed repeatedly.

As for the Carl’s Jr. image, Mammoth Times followers played along in the comments section:

–“I’ll have a large Blizzard, please!”

–“There’s a vent for the fryer up there somewhere.”

–”Wadayamean the slushy machine is broken?!?”

–”Can you supersize that in case I don’t make it out?”

One follower tagged one of her friends and commented, “Glad I don’t live there anymore.”

At 9:15 a.m. Thursday, the temperature at the ski area was 18 degrees with clearing skies and high winds. Lower lifts were open but some mid- and upper-mountain lifts remained on wind and visibility hold.

–Image courtesy of the Mammoth Times

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Surf’s up at Lake Tahoe as atmospheric river slams region

As the atmospheric river took aim at Northern California on Friday, at least one man saw opportunity and went surfing at Lake Tahoe.

As the atmospheric river took aim at Northern California on Friday, a handful of intrepid souls saw opportunity and went surfing at Lake Tahoe.

Mark Shotwell, who runs a homeless health center in Marin County, tweeted four images that show him riding chest-high waves generated by strong winds.

“Me. Lake Tahoe. Today,” Shotwell wrote.

Overnight, heavy rain deluged the region. By morning, snow had replaced the rain and began to accumulate so rapidly that motorists were advised to restrict their travel.

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As for surfing on the lake, it’s accomplished only under the right conditions and Shotwell and his pals appear to have timed their session perfectly.

Shotwell, executive director of the Ritter Center, told For The Win Outdoors: “At the height of the session, there were seven of us total. Later, towards dark, down to three.”

The water and air temperatures, he added, “were in the very low 40s.”

–Images courtesy of Mark Shotwell